Chocolate Bag Recipe

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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
650
Calories
Total time
65
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Melt chocolate over hot water. Using a thin small clear 4-sided cellophane bag cut the top off to desired height. Un-crease the bag so it stands up and open. Using a paintbrush, coat the inside of the bag well with chocolate. Put in the freezer to set up until very hard, about 30 minutes. Cut the bag a little and pull it away from the chocolate. Store chilled until ready to serve. To serve, fill it with white chocolate mousse then lay it on a plate on its side so it looks like it's spilling over. Garnish it with a cascade of mixed berries and a mint sprig. You can fill it with truffles, too.
  2. Two days before you plan to serve the dessert, in a small saucepan, heat the cream over medium heat just until it boils. Immediately turn off the heat. Place the chocolate in a medium bowl. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Strain into another bowl, cover, and refrigerate overnight.
  3. The next day, remove the mixture from the refrigerator and, using a mixer fitted with a whisk attachment or a hand mixer, whip it into fluffy, soft peaks. Return to the refrigerator.
  4. In a clean dry bowl, whip the egg whites until soft peaks form, then add the sugar and continue whipping until glossy and stiff, about 30 seconds more. Fold into the white chocolate mixture, and then spoon the mixture (or pipe through a pastry bag) into glasses or chocolate bags.
  5. Yield: 6 to 8 servings
  6. Notes about the recipe: This was invented by a Chicago chef friend of mine, Jackie Shen for her restaurant, Jackie's, in 1984. She wanted to make a chocolate bag like she saw Julia Child have full of truffles but could not figure out how to do it. She tried brown paper bags but they just didn't work. Then one day she was waiting in line at Garret's caramel corn stand on Randolph Street, a tradition in Chicago, and noticed they were bagging in a clear cellophane bag and she realized that might work.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 649.77 Kcal (2720 kJ)
Calories from fat 405 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 45g 69%
Cholesterol 69.09mg 23%
Sodium 105.73mg 4%
Potassium 391.65mg 8%
Total Carbs 62.85g 21%
Sugars 56.32g 225%
Dietary Fiber 3.4g 14%
Protein 8.64g 17%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 1%
Iron 1.7mg 9%
Calcium 120.1mg 12%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 378.85 Kcal (1586 kJ)
Calories from fat 236.13 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26.24g 69%
Cholesterol 40.28mg 23%
Sodium 61.65mg 4%
Potassium 228.35mg 8%
Total Carbs 36.64g 21%
Sugars 32.84g 225%
Dietary Fiber 1.98g 14%
Protein 5.03g 17%
Vitamin C 0.5mg 1%
Iron 1mg 9%
Calcium 70mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 16.1
    Points
  • 19
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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